June 22, 2015 - Week 78

Hermana Whittaker's countdown chain

Well... Freaking we`re in the last week of my mission. I never thought this would happen! It has always seemed so long! But, I am so excited and happy and also nervous and sad.... It`s just a lot of feelings... But, I will have you know that it is mostly happy and excited!!

Well, this week was a good one. It went by pretty fast, too. There honestly wasn`t anything super cool that happened. Just been working and like preparing mentally and all to go home... ;) But, it has been a good week. We had a really good lesson with Gabby, one of our investigators. She is doing great, but sadly won`t be able to get baptized while I am here. But, I am not even worried about that. If there is one thing I have learned on the mission it`s that everyone is different and sometimes there are people that are prepared, but they just need more time! And Gabby is one of those. She will for sure get baptized at some point and that is the only thing that matters. But, anyways, she is so cool and we had a great lesson. We started out with The Sabbath Day, but in the end she was just asking like millions of questions about the temple! So, that was cool. She definitely wants an eternal family :) But, we just had a chill week.

Drinking Mate Dulce

We drank mate dulce like every night this week with Karen and Marcelo cuz it was like freezing! We are getting into the cold now... So, that has been fun. How lucky that I am coming home before it gets really cold, right?? ;) Anyways... We just had a fun week. Also, on Wednesday, we had out zone meeting, but it was actually a mission meeting! All of the zones that are close to Asuncion (which are 6 out of the 8 cuz the other 3 are like 7 hours away...) had a reunion with a 70. Elder Gonzales came and spoke to us. It was really good, but mostly cuz I got to be with Hermana Valenzuela a WHOLE DAY! Haha it was great. But, it was a really good conference.. Even if it was just like sitting in one spot for like 5 hours... ;)

Hermana Whittaker with ALL but two (went home already) companions!

Well, that is pretty much my week. This one is going to be CRAZY! Cuz not only is it my last week.... But, also I got to go to Anahi today to visit the people and also Hermana Libertee Valenzuela... And on Wednesday, I have my LAST interview with President! I had to like print out some questions that all the missionaries that are going home have to fill out and then have an interview with Pres about it... So, that should be fun... Also, we have to plan the WEDDING and BAPTISM that we are going to have on Saturday!! This is seriously going to be the best last week a missionary could have... And the more busy I am, the faster it will go.... ! But, wish me luck that I can make it through this week and yeah!! Love you guys so much!! I hope you have a great week, too! It`s the LAST one!!
Love, Hermana Whittaker